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• GO! Design Week in Gorizia and Nova Gorica Focuses on Textile as Unifying Theme festival-fair

  GO! Design Week's inaugural edition, organized by MuDeFri, takes place in Gorizia and Nova Gorica as part of the European Capital of Culture 2025 initiative. Curated by Anna…

• Seashore Trolley Museum Seeks Volunteer Trolley Operators for 2025 Season festival-fair

• Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2025/26: Debuts, Rebellions, and Reinventions festival-fair

  The Paris Fashion Week fall/winter 2025/26 season, which ended on March 11, showcased a series of debuts, rebellious statements, and reinterpretations of heritage. Haider…

• Venice Map Fair 2025: First Edition Dedicated to Cartographic Art festival-fair

  The inaugural Venice Map Fair is set to take place from March 21 to 23, 2025, at Palazzo Pisani-Revedin, located close to the Rialto Bridge. This event, spearheaded by Samuel…

• Bressanone Water Light Festival Goes Biennial from 2024 festival-fair

  Starting in 2024, the Bressanone Water Light Festival in South Tyrol will transition to a biennial format. Established in 2015 and launched in 2017, this festival showcases works…

• Archivissima 2025: Notte degli Archivi Celebrates 10 Years in Turin festival-fair

  Turin will host the eighth edition of Archivissima, Italy's national festival dedicated to archival heritage, from June 5 to 8, 2025. This year marks a decade since the Notte…

• Milano Art Week 2025: 100+ Events Across the City festival-fair

  The ninth edition of Milano Art Week runs from April 1 to 6, 2025, transforming Milan into a platform for artistic expression and critical reflection. Over 100 events span…

• Record 4,000 Illustrators Compete at Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025 festival-fair

  The 59th Mostra Illustratori, which is part of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, is set to happen from March 31 to April 3, 2025, at BolognaFiere. Since its inception in 1967,…

• Parco Sigurtà Reopens with Free Entry for Women on March 8 festival-fair

  Parco Sigurtà, located between the Mincio River and Lake Garda, reopens for the spring season on March 8, 2025, International Women's Day, with free admission for all women. The…

• Italian Galleries Shine at ARCO Madrid 2025 Amid Political Uncertainty festival-fair

  ARCO Madrid 2025 opened amid global political crisis, with the art market showing caution. Despite this, the fair is considered the best post-pandemic edition, with Italian…

• MEGA Art Fair Returns to Milan in New UFO Space for 2025 Edition festival-fair

  The MEGA Art Fair, a unique contemporary art event, will take place for its second edition from April 2 to 6, 2025, at the UFO space located at Via Orobia 26 in Milan's Scalo di…

• PhotoVogue Festival 2025: The Tree of Life Celebrates Nature in Milan festival-fair

  The ninth edition of the PhotoVogue Festival, titled The Tree of Life: a Love Letter to Nature, will take place from March 6 to 9, 2025, at Base Milano. Directed by Alessia…

• Independent Brands at Milan Fashion Week Blend Art, Travel, and Memory festival-fair

  During Milan Fashion Week (February 25 to March 3), independent brands presented autumn/winter 2025/26 collections that go beyond fashion, exploring three main themes: the…

• Milano Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2025/26: Fashion in Crisis festival-fair

  The Milan Fashion Week for autumn/winter 2025/26 unfolded against a backdrop of economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. Asian markets no longer drive sales as before, and…

• Milano Fashion Week Donna 2025/26: identità, coolness e sperimentazione nelle collezioni autunno inverno festival-fair

  Sabato 1 marzo è stato l'ultimo giorno di sfilate in presenza della Milano Fashion Week Donna, che si conclude lunedì 3 con show digitali e domenica 2 con Giorgio Armani. Tra i…

• Napoli celebrates 2500 years with over 2500 events in 2025 festival-fair

  In 2025, Naples will commemorate its 2500th anniversary with more than 2500 events focused on culture and tourism, as revealed by Mayor Gaetano Manfredi and tourism councilor…

• Tschabalala Self's Performance Piece Sounding Board Explores Figuration Through Theater festival-fair

  Artist Tschabalala Self created her first theatrical work, Sounding Board, as a commission for the Performa 2021 Biennial. The play, which examines a relationship conflict between…

• March 2025 Performance Art Highlights Across Italy festival-fair

  Between late February and mid-March 2025, Italy will host various performance art festivals. The eighth Danza in Rete Festival in Vicenza, curated by Pier Giacomo Cirella,…

• Milano Fashion Week Donna 2025/26: anniversari, cambi e sfilate festival-fair

  La Milano Fashion Week Donna autunno/inverno 2025/26 si apre con celebrazioni e cambiamenti. Dsquared2 festeggia 30 anni dalla fondazione (1995) con una sfilata anni Duemila che…

• Aichi Triennale 2025 Announces Full Artist Roster for 'A Time Between Ashes and Roses' festival-fair

  The Aichi Triennale 2025 edition, titled 'A Time Between Ashes and Roses,' will feature an extensive lineup of international artists across contemporary art and performing arts…

• Milano Fashion Week Donna Autumn/Winter 2025/26: 56 Physical Shows and Major Anniversaries festival-fair

  Milano Fashion Week Donna is set to take place from February 25 to March 3, 2025, highlighting the Autumn/Winter 2025/26 collections through 56 runway shows, 6 digital…

• CioccolaTò 2025: Torino's chocolate festival expands with cultural program festival-fair

  CioccolaTò, the annual artisan chocolate festival in Turin, returns from February 27 to March 2, 2025, with a new format linking it to museums and cultural venues. The festival…

• Dreams Wins Golden Bear at 75th Berlinale festival-fair

  The 75th Berlin International Film Festival, the first edition under the leadership of Tricia Tuttle, concluded with the Golden Bear awarded to "Dreams," the final chapter of Dag…

• TESTO 2025: Florence Book Fair Returns with 174 Publishers, 210 Guests festival-fair

  The upcoming fourth edition of TESTO, an international book fair in Florence, is set to take place from February 28 to March 2, 2025, at Stazione Leopolda. Organized by Pitti…

• MuseoCity 2025 Expands to Full Week in Milan festival-fair

  Running from March 2 to 8 in Milan, MuseoCity 2025, themed 'Le Strade dell'Arte,' marks its inaugural full week. Over 130 locations, including museums and foundations, are…

• Canone Effimero: Italy's Hidden Musical Traditions at Berlinale festival-fair

  The documentary 'Canone Effimero' by the De Serio twins premiered in the Forum section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. It explores Italy's ethnomusical traditions…

• Cremona Contemporanea Art Week 2025: terza edizione dal 24 maggio al 2 giugno festival-fair

  Cremona Contemporanea Art Week torna per la sua terza edizione dal 24 maggio al 2 giugno 2025, confermandosi un appuntamento di riferimento per l'arte contemporanea in Italia. La…

• Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Hosts Inclusive Art Events During Special Olympics Winter Games festival-fair

  The Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin has announced a series of accessible art programs from March 8-15, 2025, coinciding with the Special Olympics Winter World Games.…

• Italy's Cultural Festivals: A Guide to Late February Events festival-fair

  A roundup of cultural festivals taking place across Italy from late February 2025. The Salone del Vermouth returns to Turin on February 22-23 at the Museo Nazionale del…

• Nomad 2025 to take over a former medical clinic in St. Moritz festival-fair

  The Nomad fair, established in 2017 by Giorgio Pace and Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte, is set to take place in St. Moritz from February 20 to 23, 2025, at the historic Klinik Gut, a…

• Global Photography Festivals 2025 Explore Humanity, Nature, and Technology festival-fair

  In 2025, a variety of international photography festivals are scheduled. The PhotoVogue Festival, directed by Alessia Glaviano, will be held at BASE Milano, Italy, from 6-9 March,…

• Lucio Corsi: The Outsider Artist at Sanremo 2025 festival-fair

  Lucio Corsi, a 30-year-old singer-songwriter from Grosseto, Italy, emerged as the most distinctive act at the 75th Sanremo Festival in 2025. His song 'Volevo essere un duro'…

• AlUla Arts Festival 2024 Returns with Expanded Programme and Major Commissions festival-fair

  The fourth AlUla Arts Festival has commenced in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, and will continue until 22 February 2025. This event revitalizes the oasis city through various performances,…

• Performance art initiatives across Brazil address racial, gender, and accessibility issues festival-fair

  Grada Kilomba returns to Inhotim for the second act of 'O Barco,' deepening her exploration of ancestrality and racial themes. The 16th edition of Verbo Performance Art Festival…

• Saremo AI Music Festival: 27 virtual singers compete in first AI-created music festival festival-fair

  The Saremo AI Music Festival, launched by Bologna-based company LOOP, is the first music festival entirely created by artificial intelligence. Running from February 7 to April 3,…

• Five stylists shaping the looks of Sanremo 2025 artists festival-fair

  The 2025 Sanremo Music Festival highlights five talented stylists. Simone Furlan (Sifu), a 1992-born artist with a background in art history, has created a vintage-contemporary…

• Sanremo Festival 2025: Museums and Cultural Spaces Join the Celebration festival-fair

  The 75th Sanremo Festival is set to take place from February 11 to 15, 2025, sparking a range of cultural activities throughout Italy. In Prato, the Centro Pecci is offering a…

• Arte Fiera 2025: mixed results, tax reform disappointment, and new leadership festival-fair

  The 2025 Arte Fiera took place in Bologna from February 7-9, marking the final edition curated by artistic director Simone Menegoi, who has been succeeded by Davide Ferri. The…

• Art City 2025 Bologna: 'Facile Ironia' and Site-Specific Installations festival-fair

  The Bologna Art City 2025 circuit presents 'Facile ironia. L’ironia nell’arte italiana tra XX e XXI secolo' at MAMbo, under the curation of Lorenzo Balbi and Caterina Molteni.…

• Arte Fiera 2025: Italian Focus and Strong Sales Mark Menegoi's Final Edition festival-fair

  The 2025 edition of Arte Fiera in Bologna, under the direction of Simone Menegoi for the final year, commenced with a positive atmosphere and robust sales. Highlighting Italian…